"Beautiful bellies, bones for soup, ears and intestines, you name it, it's there." Back in July I wrote: "Right now... I believe The Great Wall is the best Chinese supermarket in the state, but rival chain Asian Food Center is...
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"The Great Wall Supermarket is...in my opinion, the best Chinese market in the state of New Jersey." Picture Saturday afternoon. You're in a huge parking lot hoping to find a space that's less than a fifteen-minute walk from the front...
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Per the blog Brooklyn the Borough: "At least one investor in the area, however, has bowed out. Whole Foods, who had planned to open a 68,000-square-foot store at Third Avenue and 3rd Street, tells Brooklyn the Borough, 'at this juncture...
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"No matter how basic—even if it’s just an apple, a cabbage, an onion, or a potato—you can be confident that it will be better here than anywhere else." If you had asked me, I would have told you that health...
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Photograph from bygenejackson on Flickr The New York Times City Room blog reports that two Costco locations—the one in Astoria, Queens and the other in Sunset Park, Brooklyn—will start accepting food stamps on a trial basis next month. "If...
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Editor's note: It's time for another dispatch from Serious Eats community member BaHa, aka Barbara Hanson, who checks in now and again about the various one-of-a-kind food stores and markets in New York. Before I reached the top step of...
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Photograph from BoweryBoogie on Flickr Hong Kong Supermarket, the Chinatown landmark at the corner of Pike and East Broadway, burned down last night. Bowery Boogie has photos and video footage from the scene. Apparently the fire started in the...
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The recently shuttered Balducci's on West 66th (between Broadway and Amsterdam) will become a Gourmet Garage. Communal sigh of relief. Those artisanal cheeses will be back on the block soon enough. [via Curbed]...
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Most people know Mark Simmons as the contestant on Top Chef Season 4 with the curly hair and charming Kiwi accent. What they don't know about him: his commitment to sustainable agriculture, his flair for pickles and jams, and the...
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Editor's note: On Thursdays, Babbo pastry chef Gina DePalma checks in with Seriously Italian. After a stint in Rome, she's back in the States, channeling her inner Italian spirit via recipes and intel on delicious Italian eats. Take it away,...
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